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Tag: Memorial Day
Editorial Encore: We don’t all observe Memorial Day the same way
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial has been adapted from a previous year’s musings on Memorial Day. Two years into a pandemic, some still can’t observe Memorial Day the […]
Gov. Justice ill, postpones COVID briefing until next week
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice issued statement Wednesday evening, saying he is “feeling extremely sick” and may have Lyme disease. “After the WV GameChanger events on Monday […]
River City Festival of the Arts returns
The Annual River City Festival of the Arts will return after COVID shut it down a couple of years ago. Scheduled for Memorial Day weekend — May […]
Turnpike traffic returns to pre-COVID-19 levels
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — Traffic on the West Virginia Turnpike during the five-day Memorial Day holiday weekend returned to pre-COVID levels and was up more than 3% compared […]
‘Those we honor today were brave when it counted most’
MORGANTOWN — It would have been easy, VFW Post 548 Commander Jeremy Allio said, to make excuses — to relent to the hassles of a seemingly endless […]
Ways we observe Memorial Day
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial is adapted from one that originally ran on May 26, 2020. Some still can’t observe Memorial Day the way they usually would, as […]
Memorial Day 2021: ‘These guys walked the same hallways as you’
As the hearse from New Jersey whispered among headstones and tree-lined lanes, the old soldiers of the Taylor County Honor Guard snapped to attention, like the warriors […]
West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program urges motorists to exercise caution as busy vacation season begins
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program urges motorists to obey all traffic laws as they return to the roadways this Memorial Day holiday, following […]
We must say the names of the heroes who gave their all in defense of freedom
by Denis McDonough Every headstone in cemeteries across our nation and around the globe tells a story. The letters etched upon those stones are the names of […]